signs

The iconic KFC bucket sign, the herald of the Dirty Bird that used to perch high above Hintonburger (in Hintonburg), is now up for sale on Kijiji . “Best offer takes it.” The sign was taken down over the weekend. ...

Thanks to our Twitter follower Kokololamo who sent along this photo of street signs in New Edinburgh. Each sign gives some information about who the streets were named for. Here’s a photo showing the street signs for Dufferin Street (named after Canada’s Governor General from 1872-1878 ) and Chrichton Street, named for Anne Christine Chrichton, wife of Thomas Mackay , a stone mason and builder who was involved in the construction of the Rideau Canal. ...

From Celeste Côté’s Twitter feed: In case anyone needed another reason to love In case anyone needed another reason to love [ @Bridgehead ](https://twitter.com/Bridgehead) . [ #GoT ](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GoT&src=hash) [ pic.twitter.com/RtY89pt3kY ](http://t.co/RtY89pt3kY) — Celeste Côté (@CelesteCote) [ July 6, 2013 ](https://twitter. ...

Here’s a great sign that went up this week outside of St. Richard’s Anglican Church on Merivale Road. ( Click here for more great/funny/unusual Ottawa signs. ) [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/20130413_143534.jpg) "Whoever's praying for snow please stop" ...

Bus shelter at the corner of Richmond and McRae outside the superstore. It’s part of a promotion for the Great Canadian Theatre Company. (Source: @GCTCLive ) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/A2iNdT7CUAEmYWL.jpg) ** See also: ** Ottawa Theatre Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

CBC Ottawa reports on an unfortunate signage mistake at Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Orleans: _ A new sign for Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Orleans had to be fixed not long after it was installed because of an embarrassing spelling mistake. ...

Thanks to Colin Guillas for sending along this photo of a smashed OC Transpo bus shelter on Castlefrank Road near MacNeil Court. The ad is for Mike’s Hard Lemonade and says “IF IT AIN’T BROKE, BREAK IT”. Not the greatest choice of a call-to-action. ...

My good friend Kevin Waghorn posted this photo from a construction site at Clyde and Baseline, beside the new Walmart. “Well the job’s going to take a while then,” he says. (Photo republished here with his kind permission.) It seemed kind of appropriate given the carmageddon happening just up the road on Woodroffe South, between the Queensway and Baseline. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/signs.jpg) _ Ottawa Centre _ Local independent candidate John Black is frustrated to discover his campaign signs have been mistakenly printed using the Wingdings font which may hinder his election chances. The somewhat hard-to-read campaign signs were hastily printed and Mr. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/5840315071_7de6ce4c58_z.jpg) A photo snapped by Ben Wood, at the marina near Andrew Haydon Park in Nepean. It’s home to a couple of purple martin hotels. Do they have cable tv? ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Nature Guide ...